Ancient History

Ancient Maps from About.com
Ancient and Lost Civilizations from Crystalinks contains research info and photos on the common Ancient Cultures along with many more, such as Amazons, Atlantis, Celts, Eskimos, and Native Americans.
- Geography of the world followed by short intro link to ancient egypt. Created by Pat Thomas for 9th grade.

Lesson Plans

- Ancient Greece Raft
Byzantium or other Culture from Discovery Education provides a lesson plan for creating a timeline of facts. This would be a great option as a differentiated product. Students could be required to do all of the timeline or given a certain portion to complete. The timeline could be completed in a different format - graphic organizer, Power Point, research paper, video explanation, oral report, etc.
Socrates and the Law is a lesson plan from EdSitement that addresses the Crito and allows students to study how Socrates was sentenced to death.
A Classical Mayan News Report has students research ancienct mayan culture and create a media piece in a format of their choice.

is a research unit that has students create power point and persuasive essays. You can differentiate this by offering other formats as well.
- RAFT created by Pat Thomas for 9th grade.


Power Points with Interactivity for Virtual White Board Presentations

Social Studies_9_Ancient Civilizations Influence Current Civilizations_9 2 2 and 9 5 1.ppt - Covers the influences on current cultures from Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt. The last slide has a resource that covers more info on other ancient cultures, such as China, Indians, etc.

Social Studies_9_Persian Wars_CSO 9 1 3 and 5 6 adn 5 8.ppt - Researches the basic factors of the Persian Wars with video and audio clips along with research documents and interactivities.
Social Studies_9_World religions Judaism and Buddhism_CSO 9 5 7.ppt - Shows the basic information for Judaism and Buddhism along with comparing and contrasting Judaism with Chirstianity and Islam.






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